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Stem cells: hope, hype and progress (Fuseworks)
hope, hype and progress University of Auckland, Fuseworks May 25, 2012, 12:42 pm For the first time in New Zealand, a unique workshop will bring together scientists and researchers on stem cells, people who have spinal cord injuries and their carers,
Tags: stem cells, spinal cord, cord injury, Australia, Brisbane, Health Medical Pharma, Stem cell controversy, Myelomalacia, Adult stem cell, healthcare reform
Chronic Pain Is Relieved by Cell Transplantation in Lab Study
The researchers, working with mice, focused on treating chronic pain that arises from nerve injury -- so-called neuropathic pain. In their study, published in the May 24, 2012 issue of Neuron , the scientists transplanted immature embryonic nerve
Tags: chronic painful, Allan Basbaum, UCSF Stem-Cell Based Neurological, GABA, spinal cord, stem cells, ganglionic eminence, embryonic stem, medial ganglionic
Mental Control of a Robotic Arm
May 21 2012 Another step has been taken in the research to develop practical brain-machine interfaces (BMI). The basic concept, as I have discussed previously, is to read electrical activity from the brain, then use a computer to interpret that
Tags: robot arm, spinal cords, BMI, electrical activity, Motor cortex, bmi technology, implantable sensors, New Haven, spinal cord, Electroencephalography
Mesquite Trails second grader battles little-known spinal disorder
It was only when doctors gave the 7-year-old a chest X-ray, trying to rule out pneumonia, that anyone suspected anything more serious. Her whole spine was so curved that they couldn't see her left lung, mother Chenoa Braaten said...Mackenzie was
Tags: Mackenzie Braaten, Chenoa Braaten, Chiari Alliance Project, Joe Braaten, Braatens, spinal cord, Hesperia, Health Medical Pharma, Neurological disorders
Surgeons Successfully Restore Partial Hand Function Using Peripheral Nerve Transfer Following Patient's Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Newswise Charlottesville, Va. A plastic surgeon and neurosurgeon at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis successfully utilized peripheral nerve transfer to bypass a cervical spinal cord injury and restore partial function in both
Tags: spinal cord, cord injury, nerve transfers, neurological surgeries, case reports, brachialis nerve, peripheral nerve, FAANS, interosseous nerve, donor nerve
Breakthrough surgery restores hand function
The paralysed patient suffered an injury to the lowest bone in his neck. Instead of operating on his spine, doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis used the upper arm nerves to rewire a fresh connection to the patient's brain.
Tags: surgery, Australia, Sydney, Health Medical Pharma, Neurological disorders, spinal cord, Human anatomy, Spinal cord injury
Paralysed man moves hand after op
Nerve rewiring helps paralysed man move hand Health and science reporter, BBC News Man demonstrates use of his hand following surgery...A paralysed man has regained limited use of his hand after pioneering surgery to bypass damage to his spinal cord.
Tags: moves hands, New York, spinal cord, Spinal cord injury, Health Medical Pharma, Peripheral nervous system, Nerve, Neurological disorders
Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the
Tags: Charlottesville, Health Medical Pharma, Vertebra, spinal cord, Neurotrauma, Vertebral column, Quadriplegia, Spinal cord injury, neck, Neurosurgery
Spinal tap gives clues to brain and spinal cord health
A spinal tap is also called a lumbar puncture, or "LP" for short. During this procedure, fluid known as cerebrospinal or spinal fluid is removed from the space surrounding your spinal cord. The term "spinal tap" sounds scary, but it is only briefly
Tags: spinal tap, spinal cord, spinal fluid, Kansas City, Health Medical Pharma, medical tests, Neurological disorders, cerebrospinal fluid, Syringomyelia, lumbar puncture
Relay participant recalls first hearing about Man in Motion World Tour
Steve Pollock recalls the exact moment he first heard about Rick Hansen's Man in Motion World Tour, but he had no idea of the significance Hansen would soon have in his life. It was 1985 and the 20-year-old Pollock found it hilarious to occasionally
Tags: Rick Hansen Foundation, Steve Pollock, Vancouver, motion world, spinal cord, world tour, Canada, St. Elmo's Fire, Rick Hansen
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